Alexander Nevsky becomes Grand Prince of Vladimir
The victor over Swedes and Germans gets his patent from the Horde
After Nevryuy's raid, in which the Horde drove out his brother Andrey, Alexander Nevsky received in Sarai the patent for the Grand Principality of Vladimir. He kept to a policy of submission to the Horde, including during the Mongol census of 1257–1259.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1231 Papal Inquisition established — 21 years earlier
- 1241 Mongols in Europe: Legnica and Mohi — 11 years earlier
Middle East
- 1258 Mongol sack of Baghdad — 6 years later
Asia
- 1227 Fall of Western Xia and death of Genghis Khan — 25 years earlier
- c. 1251 The Tripitaka Koreana — 1 year earlier
- 1257 Samalas eruption — 5 years later
- 1271 Kublai Khan founds the Yuan dynasty — 19 years later
- 1271–1295 Travels of Marco Polo — 19 years later
Oceania
- c. 1250 The moai of Easter Island — 2 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Kublai Khan (aged 37)
- Alexander Nevsky (aged 31)
- Rumi (aged 45)
- Saint Louis (Louis IX) (aged 38)
- Sundiata Keita (aged 35)
- Rudolf I (aged 34)
- Thomas Aquinas (aged 27)
- Edward I Longshanks (aged 13)
- Dōgen (aged 52)
- Henry III (aged 45)